Cities across Canada are passing eerily similar, often irrational waste reduction bylaws
readings appeared to be a rubber stamping exercise. In two glowing reports recommending city council pass the bylaw, the city administration’s risk assessment focused only on the image problems the city might encounter if it failed to pass the waste reduction bylaw.
“Failure to implement the unanimously approved bylaw direction erodes public confidence in the City’s commitment to reduce single-use items and waste reduction overall,” read the only entry in the bylaw’s risk assessment. The risk of this happening was rated as “almost certain” to occur, resulting in “major” impact, and an overall high risk score.
The city explained to me that risks that are properly mitigated, as well as risks too small to warrant reporting, don’t make their way into the risk assessment. In the case of the waste reduction bylaw, “no bylaw implementation risks were deemed to remain high after mitigation,” explained Edmonton’s waste services branch manager, Denis Jubinville.
They seem like weasel words for a risk assessment devoid of substance. It’s unlikely that a simple grant will offset the systemic costs to businesses navigating the country’s myriad of local waste reduction rules, or the buildup of reusable bags at home or the great frustrations that parents are soon to encounter when ordering food for their messy children. More realistically, it looks like the city wanted reasons to pass a trendy bylaw without looking too closely at the problems it could cause.
The most important functions of a city council have to do with transportation, policing and land use. Edmonton’s persecution of voluntarily-offered napkins is taking place at the same time city council is taking a hatchet to the snow removal budget, which is necessary for daily life for half of the year, but is being
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